Some of these are quite cool, and all have a great sense of style.
You have a great imagination, and it shows in your work, but some of your characters look a bit stif, so keep drawing/painting from life.

Sorry if my sketches are lacking, I will be practicing more.
And thanks for the site! :^^:

November 27th, 2007

Serpian

You shouldn't be sorry that your art isn't as good as you'd want it to be. Instead be glad about how much there is to learn! And I EXPECT you to be practicing more, anything else would be a big mistake. With determination and hard work you can go far. What I notice in your work is that you are very brave. You attempt to do some things I'm far too scared of screwing up to do myself. This is a really good thing, always push yourself, and when you notice you can't go further because you can't draw this or that, practice it until you can.

November 28th, 2007

Queen Nehalania

Thank you. :heart:

You're right, I am happy to learn as much as I can.
I've been doing a lot of reading on art techniques.
I guess sometimes I just get a bit self-conscious with my art.

Thank you for the compliment, I like doing things that are a bit different.
And thank you for the advice. It's very uplifting. :^^:

Anyways I am VERY happy with this piece, I think it's my best sketch yet!
I got the reference from an article in a magazine that I found lying around in art class today and I finished the sketch when I got home.
I hope you all like. :heart:

EDIT: For the love of God I cannot figure out how to get this picture beside the thread.
You know the little thumbnail that shows beside the thread when you are looking at the list of all the sketchbooks.

I tried 2 different ways of attaching, by using the paper clip and first uploading it, then I clicked on the earth and put in the attachment. It showed the thumbnail in the post but not out beside my thread. Then I cut that, and clicked on the down arrow paperclip and put in the attach and now it looks regular. But still no picture outside my thread. What am I doing wrong?

November 30th, 2007

Queen Nehalania

Hello again!
These are my newest figure sketches. Well the first one (the little girl) is more detailed, but the one at the bottom is a figure sketch.
I think I'm doing much better now that I've gotten so much helpful advice.
:bashful:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...uresketch1.jpg

Thanks! :hugsmile:
I have some more work that I scanned in/took a picture of, but I couldn't piece one of them together in photoshop right.
Because I had to scan it in 2 parts since it was big.
I was trying to get the alignment right and I just couldn't do it to save my life.
I was able to do it for both regality pictures, but I forgot how to now.

Oh well here's one of the pictures I taken of it. Others are in the post below this one.

Any comments or critiques about any of the new stuff I've done so far?
It's getting quite lonely in here.

February 25th, 2008

Queen Nehalania

BIG UPDATE!

I completed this around last week and it was done completely in prisma color pencil. By the way, yes that is the same woman on the other paper that has a lot of people on it. I have fun drawing her for some reason.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...prismalady.jpg

I did this quick sketch when I was sitting at this new restaurant called the Mediterranean Village. This is what I was looking at forward and to the left. I didn't have too much time to put in that much detail or straighten my lines up perfectly. xD Mom kept telling me to eat.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...mentmedvil.jpg

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Well that's all folks~ And hopefull I can finally use the Rembrandt oil paint and Gamblin paint soon! I can't wait! :D

Oh and any C&C are welcomed and respected. It gets very lonely in here so please do leave a comment.

Hey nice start , its great your are making notes when you are doing anatomical studies one thing i have found that helps it break things down into stages if your are learning basic figure measurements ie. leg is 4 heads hips is 1 head blah blah, don't spend 3 hours on it try and get a quick method. I suggest using a bit of thick chalk/charcoal and make a suggestive mark for the appropriate length for each section and it should only take 20- 30 secs for a whole figure do it stack of times until you can easily think of a section in your head and know its length. Any way just a suggestion i hope it goes well for you snd keep up the top effort!!.

April 24th, 2008

Queen Nehalania

I can't believe I haven't updated since February. I need a lashing lol. xD

I will be sure to update either tonight or tomorrow. I have lots to show! :D

And thank you for the advice! I love being able to know measurements and such.

I'm getting good at remembering facial measurements and the like.
I just need to work on the whole body now.

Thank you for stopping by. :D

April 24th, 2008

Dorkthrone

I'd continue the anatomy studies. They are pretty useful.

May 19th, 2008

Queen Nehalania

I'm back. I know it's been forever, but as I promised here's an update.
FINALLY AP art tests (the portfolio) is over and I can now focus on some studies. Had to make sure I got everything done for my concentration and all.

OKay, I didn't realize how horrible I scanned these in, so I will try and get better pics, sometimes my scanner can kinda mess with me too.

For the one below, I was bored sitting in my brothers car waiting on the food to arrive and so I sketched my shoe.
Didn't get too many details in because we had to leave and I can't draw while driving, I have major motion sickness problems.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...iChi/shoes.jpg

And when I got tired of drawing people I focused on Reptiles and Amphibians which are the joy of my life. I have 3 lizards, one of them is on this page. It's the unfinished one. xD I didn't finish Merlin (my Water Dragon) you can tell which one it is because it has barely any details whatsoever. xDhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sprofile-1.jpg

I can scan in more later. As for the ones that I'd rather take a picture for I can wait on that till I get this problem fixed. And for some of my pieces they are sent away for ap portfolio testing. I wanted to scan or take a picture of Jestermoon, but its not with me now.